Minerals & Vitamins in Poultry Technical Articles
Article published the September 17, 2019:
1 Introduction
The rising number of recently reported human illnesses with bacterial infections resistant to multiple antibacterial agents has become a fundamental concern in recent years [1, 2]. This phenomen...
Article published the September 11, 2019:
Iron plays an important role in poultry nutrition. From the active site in the heme group in blood to functional groups in enzymes, iron is critical for metabolic balance. These roles for iron aren’t uniq...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
Introduction
Phosphorus (P) is an important mineral required in poultry diets for normal growth and development (Ankra-Badu et al., 2004). It constitutes the costliest mineral nutrient in animal nutrition and ...
Article published the August 21, 2019:
Introduction: Pathogens and Iron Requirement
E. coli accumulate large amounts of iron via multiple transport systems including enterochelin transport system (McIntosh and Earhart, 1977).
Three tetracyclines...
Article published the August 5, 2019:
Article published the July 31, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
The aflatoxins are group of closely related fungal secondary metabolites produced by certain strains of Genus Aspergillus. The aflatoxins are reported to be carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic...
Article published the July 31, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
Poultry farming has metamorphosed into an organized industry in recent past and registered a rapid growth over last three decades in India. Many problems are continuously challenging against succe...
Article published the July 30, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
It has been reported that the low locomotor activity of broilers coupled to their high initial growth rate of broilers results in leg problems and gait abnormalities. Long times spent sitting on w...
Article published the July 26, 2019:
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced mainly by Aspergillus ochraceus and Penicillium verrucosum. The family of ochratoxins consists of 3 members, viz. ochratoxin A, B and C but ochratoxin A is the most to...
Article published the July 26, 2019:
INTRODUCTION
The worldwide occurrence of mycotoxins producing fungi and their ability to grow on the variety of economical important cereal crops have rendered them as unavoidable contaminants of human and ani...